I was under CAMHS for quite a while and was (as far as I'm aware) never diagnosed with anything. I had a hard time with CAMHS though and really struggled to engage with them, so perhaps that's why.
Adult services diagnosed me with schizoaffective disorder (depressive type) during my first hospital admission and it's stuck for the past few years. I haven't ever been diagnosed with anything else.
I'm not sure whether things are over diagnosed or not, really. I think sometimes MH professionals will see a lot of things as symptoms, when really they're just a natural reaction to things that happen in life.
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